Melbourne bishop appointed to highest Catholic rank under Pope | ABC News

A Melbourne bishop has become the world’s youngest cardinal after Pope Francis elevated Mykola Bychok to the second-highest position in the Catholic church. The ordainment means 44-year-old Ukrainian-born priest has effectively become Australia’s most senior Catholic and first cardinal since George Pell. Father Andriy Mykytyuk says the pontiff was seeking a new cardinal who would offer ‘good ideas and thoughts’.
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